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GEO. P. ZIEGLER. Kitchen Cabinets.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

GEORGE P.'ZIEGLER, OF YQRILPENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN KITCHEN-CABINETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 196,?36, dated October30, 1877; application filed July 18, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE P. ZIEGLER, of the city and county of York,and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and ImprovedKitchen-Cabinet; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cabinet when completely folded.Fig. 2 is a front elevation, on a smaller scale, with the front leafelevated, and the ironing-board, kneading trough and board, and thespice-drawer partly drawn out. Fig. 3 is an end elevation, opposite thatvisible in Fig. 1, with the folding of the leaves to form a tableindicated in dotted lines. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the interior of thecabinet, with the hinged leaf and cover thrown back.

Y My invention relates to an improvement in that class of kitchenfurniture known as cabinets or "safes.

The-invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, ashereinafter de-' scribed and claimed.

In the drawing, A represents the box or case of the cabinet, which isprovided with a hinged leaf, B, made of sufficient thickness, andchambered to receive a sliding ironing-board at one end, and a slidingkneading-board at the other.

' V JTGlUhB back or hinged side of this cover B is hinged a section, 0,one side of which isprovided with strips a, to form raised edges toconstitute a sink-bench when the cabinet is completely folded with thisside up. The other side of this hinged section is perfectly plain andsmooth, and forms, when thrown back on its hinges, a leaf whose surfaceis continuous and flush with the smooth upper surface of the cover B,and with said cover and a second hinged leaf, 0, on the opposite side,constitutes a table for meals or other purposes.

In supporting the section 0 and the leaf 0 in their horizontal positionsto form the table, the raised strip a upon the rear side of G abutsagainst the back of the cabinet, and forms a bracket to support the saidsection, while a sliding stop, I), is arranged transverselyin the coverB, and is drawn out beneath the leaf 0 to support the latter whenraised.

The body of the cabinet is divided by a transverse partition, 0, intotwo main com partments, one of which, d, is formed into a flourchest,while the other is occupied as follows: A partitioned drawer, D, isarranged at the bottom and adapted to be drawn out in front, whichdrawer is intended as a receptacle for corn and buckwheat meal,respectively.

Just above the drawer, close to the front side of the cabinet, andpulling out at the end of the same, is a -spice-drawer, E, having asingle row of tills for the various kinds of spices; and just above thespice-drawer, and opening at the top under the cover B, are twopermanently-fixed boxes, F F, for the knives and rolling-pin,respectively. Just back of the spice-drawer E and the boxes F F andabove the meal-drawer D, is arranged, in guideways, the kneading-troughG, attached to the end board G, which fits in flush with the end of thecabinet, and extends down to the base of the same, so that when thekneading-trough is pulled out the end board forms a support for theouter end of the same.

H is a sliding kneading-board, and I an extensible and reversiblekneading-board, having a support, J, carried upon a slide, J.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- Thecombination, with the hinged cover B,

of the leaf 0, hinged to said cover, and having raised strips to uponone side to form a sink bench, and a plain surface on the other and theleaf 0, hinged to the opposite sideof said cover, and provided with asliding stop to support the same, substantially as and for the purposedescribed. GEORGE P. ZIEGLEB.

Witnesses:

WALTER B. WHITE, MARTIN O. A. EYST'ER.

